POPSUGAR Celebrity

Chefs, Scenery, and Social Snaps From Pebble Beach Food & Wine

Apr 15 2014 - 5:30am

Chefs and food-lovers have flocked for the seventh annual Pebble Beach Food & Wine [1] in California this weekend. From the beachside golf course to the intimate seminars and dinners with celebrity chefs, these photos capture all the goings-on of the festival, so you can relive (or live vicariously through) memorable Pebble Beach moments.

Photo: Anna Monette Roberts

Golf Tournament

Celebrity chefs, winemakers, and festival attendees played golf at Pebble Beach's famous course.

Source: Patrick Tregenza [2]

Golf Tournament

Golf carts lined up as the sun rose.

Source: Tomas Muscionico [3]

Golf Tournament

The golf course overlooks the Pacific.

Source: Patrick Tregenza [4]

Golf Tournament

Attendees wore their preppiest golf threads for the course.

Source: Tomas Muscionico [5]

Golf Tournament

The fog rolled in from the Pacific.

Source: Tomas Muscionico [6]

Golf Tournament

Golfers packed it in to attend the opening-night reception.

Source: Tomas Muscionico [7]

Opening-Night Reception

Drummers greeted attendees at the opening-night reception.

Source: Patrick Tregenza [8]

Opening-Night Reception

Bart Vandaele of DC's B Too [9] planted a spicy grilled carrot garden in edible soil. The chef used tweezers to pick each carrot and humorously told each guest to open wide!

Source: Patrick Tregenza [10]

Opening-Night Reception

Dean Fearing of the Ritz-Carlton in Dallas [11] served Tex-Mex in a whole new way with his barbecue pork street tacos.

Source: Patrick Tregenza [12]

Opening-Night Reception

David Werly, chef of Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas [13], used a siphon to garnish his dish with asparagus foam.

Opening-Night Reception

Opening-Night Reception

It's no surprise Morimoto ran out of his dish early in the evening before we snagged a taste.

Source: Tomas Muscionico [19]

Carla Hall Cooking Demo

Carla Hall of ABC's The Chew made a spinach paneer recipe from her new cookbook Carla's Comfort Foods [20].

Source: Patrick Tregenza [21]

Opus One Blending Seminar

Chateau Mouton Rothschild partnered with Robert Mondavi in 1979 to blend Opus One. The cult wine made its first appearance at the Napa Valley Wine Auction in 1981, where a single case sold for $24,000. Michael Silacci, winemaker of Opus One [22], carefully blended wines to replicate that historical vintage.

Source: Patrick Tregenza [23]

Forage to Feast

Donatella Arpaia wrapped her arm around Michael Symon at the Forage to Feast lunch.

Source: Patrick Tregenza [24]

Forage to Feast

Attendees clinked to Sequoia Grove [25] Chardonnay. Winemaker Michael Trujillo explained to the crowd that he attempts to make each bottle the truest expression of the grape varietal.

Source: Patrick Tregenza [26]

Tyler Florence Cooking Demo

Tyler Florence showed the crowd all the various cuts of a steak.

Source: Patrick Tregenza [27]

Tyler Florence Cooking Demo

Then he previewed a recipe for CO2-inoculated hamburger buns cooked on the griddle from his new cookbook, Inside the Test Kitchen [28], out Nov. 4.

Source: Instagram user secretstan [29]

Social Snap

It's "Rosé with a view."

Source: Instagram user thebillyharris [30]

Caviar Shot

Pro tip for Pebble Beach: form a fist with your hand for easy caviar shot-taking.